cross country

On Wednesday 11th of September our school Waikowhai Primary did Cross Country! I was an epic day and we all had a lot of fun. The best part of this years Cross Country was the fact that it was a fun run. We had fundraised for 2 months making 14 thousand dollars. Our fundraising goes towards a canopy for our school. So on the day we had a lot of different activities that spell SKOR standing for Skipping, Kicking, Obstacle course and the Run. I was a leader so I went around with all the year 5 kids helping them get SKOR. My fav part was when I was into the last hundred metres of the run and me and my friend Torian started sprinting down the finish line. He still won :(  It was a great day full of fun. If you have a school fun run you will probably have as much fun as I did (LOTS). 

Maori God People

Hi Bloggers!
This week we are working on drawing a Maori God for Te Reo Maori. The god has to look a bit like a god but it is your imagination. When we have finished the design of our own god we will make a better copy. We had the choice to choose out of 

1. Tane - God of Nature
2. Tangaroa - God of Ocean/Sea 
3. Rongo - God of Peace and Architecture
4. Haumia - God of Uncultivated Food and Wild Food 
5. Tu - God of Man and War 
6. Tawhirimatea - God of Wind and Storms.  

I chose to draw Tu the god of war/man.  I tried to make mine look like a Maori God so my god is holding a Kratos. A kratos is used as a weapon to protect yourself, it is made out of coral or wood.  Here is my work in progress.

squash

Hi welcome back bloggers! For the last few weeks we have been learning how to play Squash. Squash is a game that is similar to tennis but you have a squash wall/court. There are 3 lines, the top lie is called the out line, the middle line is called the service line, and the bottom line is called the tin. If you want to learn how to play squash here are some easy to follow steps:

step 1: practice your hand-eye co-ordination so every time the ball comes towards you you will be able to hit it every time, except for when the ball bounces of the Squash goal too hardly.
step 2: grab an opponent and have a game of Squash, but do it together and work together and see how many times you can bat it to each other.
step 3: now you know haw to play using teamwork now try competitive. try to make it hard for the other person to get it but just remember if he/she says let before it goes out you have another game.

CONGRATULATIONS! now you know how to play squash. now go out there and challenge some people. down below are some pictures of us having games of Squash